Entrepreneurs & New Business

Elon Musk is the billionaire entrepreneur and business magnate responsible for co-founding the cutting-edge companies PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, amongst others. Over the years, he has been compared to the likes of Steve Jobs and Henry Ford,…

Clive Stevens, Chairman at The Frameworks, explains how you can make your business more resilient.  Facing up to an unpredictable future requires resilience. The Covid pandemic threw business plans into disarray and many companies are…

Indonesian e-commerce startup Ula launched last year and has since raised over $30 million and courted several high-profile investors. It has now won the trust of the world’s richest man, with Bezos investing in the company’s new financing…

Jones Simmer joined Bumble as its COO in 2017 where she laid the foundation for the company’s entire initial public offering whilst simultaneously battling Stage 3 breast cancer. She completed drafts of the S-1 from a chemo chair and sent…

Entering the Unicorn Club, or reaching a $1 billion valuation, is every startup’s dream.

Having a well thought out procurement transformation plan is a critical starting point for any cost-saving mission; but without board approval, that’s all it is – a plan.  To put this plan into action, the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)…

The UK’s economy continues to recover strongly from last year’s disruption, reflecting the unique nature of the COVID-19 recession and the extension of rescue measures by the Treasury. A full recovery less than five months after the last…

Toast co-founders Steve Fredette, Aman Narang, and Jonathan Grimm started the company in 2012 after their former employer, Endeca, was sold off for $1 billion. They chose to launch their restaurant hardware and software system in their home…

In an interview with CNBC, Siemiatkowski said: “The volatility in the market right now makes me nervous to IPO, to be honest. I think it would be nice to IPO when it’s a little bit more sound. And right now it doesn’t feel really sound out…

Who Is Elizabeth Holmes?  American former businesswoman Elizabeth Holmes was the founder and CEO of the now-defunct health technology company Theranos, which Holmes established in 2003 at just 19 years old. In 2015, Forbes magazine…

Search engine optimisation or SEO is the main foundation to determine the online presence of enterprise websites. No matter how effectively you maintain your business or how great your products are, if you can not reach the people, your…

Giacomo Chiesi, Head of Global Rare Diseases at the Chiesi Group, explains how being a family business contributes towards greater success.  There is an increased emphasis on the need for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to be…